 Alas! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?  Blackwood's Magazine - Strona 2321823Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - Liczba stron: 126
...homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? " This most melodious passage has often been quoted, but the source... | |
 | 1853 - Liczba stron: 560
...homely, slighted shepherd's trade. And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair'? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - Liczba stron: 644
...homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - Liczba stron: 564
...homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neoera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - Liczba stron: 574
...homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nercca's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — That last infirmity... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - Liczba stron: 786
...slighted shepherd's trade, $5 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse '. Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neicra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - Liczba stron: 274
...homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - Liczba stron: 780
...slighted shepherd's trade, (55 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse 1 Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of N Basra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - Liczba stron: 550
...homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. And strictly meditate the thankless Muse J Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangle* ofJVeara'i hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise •;"/'.',,,,» l,i-!... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - Liczba stron: 714
...homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of N'esera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That list infirmity... | |
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